Page Four A — DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. A — A > . THE CENTRE quickly and it took all available policemen to clear the area Tlie Centre Bemocrat, BELLEFONTE, PENNSYLVANIA A OC DERR......covonvvnrnivrrunsrnnrns ooo Editor Issued weekly, every Thursday morning, Entered ln the postoffice at Bellefonte, Pa., as secoud class matter, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 per year, if paid in advance $3.00 per year, If not paid in advance The date your subscription expires is plainly printed on the label bearing your name. All credits are glven by a change on the date of label the first Issue of each month, We send no receipts unless upon special request, Watch date on your label after you remit, Matters for publication, whether news or advertising, must reach the Centre Democrat office not later than Tuesday noon Ww insure publication that week. Advertising copy received after Tuesday morning must run its chances, All reading notices marked (*) are advertisements Legal notices and ali real estate advertisements 10 cents per line each issue. Subscribers changing postoffice address, and not notifying us, are lable for same. All subscriptions will be continued unless otherwise directed CIRCULATION OVER 7,000 COPIES EACH WEEK | of roving bands which threatened violence to each other, The Pittsburgh race riot received very little attention in the nation’s newspapers. Candor compels the admission that if the affair had occurred in the South, it would have been headlined from coast to coast. In Pennsylvania, it should be noted, a drastic state law prevents any discrim. ination between the races in public places. Apparently, the law does not prevent situations that engender ill-feeling between the races, The Pittsburgh riot is not the only recent example of race trouble. In two Southern states, a few weeks ago, Negroes have been lynched. There is no excuse for such a crime. Public sentiment in this country, inciuding the South, condemns lynching and public sentiment, in the main, is the only force that will put an end to such bar. barism. Racial antipathies are a problem throughout the world. The situation that creates ill-feeling and engenders strife are conditions which must be met by the people in the areas affected. They can rarely be helped by legisla. tive fiat or the officious meddling of those who reside in other places. ONE WAY TO STOP GAMBLING The prevalence of gambling all over the United States has aroused considerable discussion as to the best methods of combatting an admitted evil. In New York where a convention attempting to frame a new constitution, the question of including a ban 15 Democratic State and Local Ticket For United States Senator GEORGE H. EARLE, of Haverford. For Governor CHARLES ALVIN JONES, of Edgewood For Lieutenant Gove:neor LEO C. MUNDY, of Wilkes-Barre For Secretary of Internal Affairs THOMAS A. LOGUE, of Philadelphia For Congress DON GINGERY, of Clearfield For State Senator EDW. JACKSON THOMPSON, of Fhilipsburg For the Legislature JOHN W. DECKER, of Spring Mills For State Committeeman DR. F. K. WHITE, of Philipsburg For County Chalrman H. K. BROCKERHOFF, of Bellefonte For Vice Chalrman MAUDE E MILLER, of Pine Grove Mills EDITORIAL TWO FAMOUS FLIGHTS Howard Hughes and his companions, in their flight around the world, not only set a new record but establish- ed a firm reputation for the reliability of American air- planes. There is no use in discounting the Hughes’ achieve- ment because it was backed by intelligent use of money. To travel around the globe in less than four days is a mon- umental achievement in the development of aerial navi- gation, which started during the lifetime of many people in Centre county. The surprise flight of Douglas Corrigan across the North Atlantic, a spectacular exhibition of flying skill, combined with exceedingly good fortune, robbed the Hughes' accomplishment of the front pages. The young aviator, with the patched up plane, deserves the acclaim showered upon him and nobody wishes it otherwise. The progress of aviation is served better by the Hughes’ flight although young Corrigan stirs up the imag- ination and helps to enthuse the populace with the glory of aerial navigation. Besides, in a world as large as our own, there is room for both types of individual daring and a mood to applaud all of the persons connected with the two flights. THE GAS TAX MARCHES ON The thirty million motorists in the United States paid gasoline taxes to the amount of nearly one billion dollars during the past twelve months, according to the American Petroleum Industry's Committee, This is about four times the gasoline tax paid by the motorists in 1927. However, with some exceptions, the re- ceipts from the gasoline tax have been used to improve highways. Undoubtedly, the nation’s roads are much bet- ter today than they were in 1927. This means economy to those who operate automobiles. There are some who be- lieve that the savings to motorists in operating and main- tenance costs offset the tax collected. So far as we can determine, there is no use to agitate for any appreciable reduction in the tax on gasoline. With constant demands for better and bigger highways, there will be millions of dollars to be spent on roads every year. This will take money and the average legislator will eon- tinue to think that the bulk of the funds should come from a gasoline tax. RACIAL FRICTION IN THE U. 8, The United States has several vexatious problems, centering around differences between races, On the Pa- cific Coast, the presence of many Japanese raise trouble- some questions. In the Southwest, Mexican laborers cause friction. In the South, Negroes and Whites have to ad- just themselves to actual conditions, In Metropolitan areas of the North and Midwest, the presence of a large num- ber of Negroes and foreigners often leads to complica- tions. While it is a common assumption that race trouble exists only in the South, there are unfortunate occur- rences in other sections. For example, one has only to call attention to the recent race riot in Pittsburgh, Pa., where two men were shot and forty arrested in two “wild aights of rioting between races.” Press accounts tell of “smoldering ill.feelings” which broke out in sporadic street fights between White and Negro youths. At one time, several thousand persons were lined up on two streets, the Whites on one side and the Negroes on the other. During the night, bunds of White and Negro youths roamed the streets, which were the scenes of many clashes. Serious trouble was averted in Pittsburgh because the city had available numerous police officers to cover the three-mile area where the disturbances began. If the same situation had arisen in a rural area, the consequences would have been much more sfrious, One police inspector said that the trouble started in a swimming pool and grew “little by little,” Another as- serted that the outbreak began “when a Negro youth at- tempted to dance with a White girl at a dance sponsored by the City Bureau of Recreation.” Matters grew worse on gambling was the cause of considerable debate. Of course, gambling is prohibited by most states, but the statute is widely violated and in some metropolitan cities, gambling rackets have become a public scandal. A new approach to the problem is reported from Tam- pa, Fla., where businessmen and their employers have pledged themselves to boycott gambling. In other words, instead of hurling expletives at gamblers, which do little harm, the Tampa idea is to cut off the revenue that sup- ports the racketeers. Certainly, this will be an effective weapon if the businessmen and their employes refuse to the upkeep and support of the gamblers, William B. Haggerty, businessman, who presented the plan, pointed out that gambling took between $10,000 and $20,000 a day from business channels. He described com- mercial gambling as a “business with a gross income, a gross outlay and a net profit.” By stopping the revenue of the gamblers, he said, the businessmen have the one sure way to close up the gambling establishments. The Tampa attack on gambling is sensible and will be effective. All that it needs is the resolution of honest, law- abiding citizens that they will not patronize gambling es- tablishments. If the better-class citizens in any commun- ity boycott any business, the enterprise will not last very long. In fact, such a boycott is more effective than law. It cannot be fought in the courts so long as it is directed against an illegal undertaking. It eliminates the evil by cutting off its source of supply. Inevitably, a slow death follows, SENATOR NORRIS TALKS OF WAR Senator George W. Norris, of Nebraska, who recently celebrated his seventy-seventh birthday, is the only living United States Senator who voted against the entry of the United States into the World War against Germany. Admitting that he “could never favor voting to put this country to war again on a foreign field,” the Nebras- kan says that the horrors of war in China and Spain make him wonder if it “would be better for America and per. haps France, Britain and Russia, to ally themselves now in a World War to wipe out Fascism.” Senator Norris is not a militarist. His record of pub- lic service marks him as a distinct friend of humanity. He not only admires peace as an ideal, but he has been ex- tremely practical in attempting to maintain it. What is it that now causes him to ponder the advantage of warfare today ? The answer is to be found in the unsettled affairs of the world, with every indication that Italy, Germany and Japan, the three “aggressor nations,” are not only willing to risk war for the purpose of national advantage, but are actually planning warfare on a large scale when- ever it promises dividends to them. If peace could be maintained for many years by a pol icy of tolerance as these nations threaten world stability, the price might not be too much to pay. However, there is no reasonable prospect that such a course will avoid a greater war. This is why Senator Norris wonders whether a younger generation of Americans, fighting a world un- ion of Fascist nations some twenty or thirty years from now, may not wish that Americans of today had defeated “Fascism in its infancy.” There are many observers in the world today who do not believe that the question involves a decision between war and peace. They think that the world trend points unmistakably to a future war and the only question to be decided is when the fighting will take place. If this is cor. rect, the sooner the democratic countries start the nattle, the better their chance will be. The experts, however, may be wrong; there may be a way to avoid another World War. This is the hope that keeps the democracies from doing anything that might precipitate the struggle now. The Mr. Hamilton who has forecast that ‘Roosevelt will be a candidate for re-election in 1940 and will be de. feated’ is the same Mr. Hamilton, Chairman of the Re. publican National Committee, who made an ‘unhesitating’ prediction of 320 electoral votes for Landon in 1936, as the ‘absolute minimum.” The actual vote turned out to be Roosevelt 523, Landon, 8. There is no telling now what triumphs are in store in 1940. It isn't yet clear whether the Republican party wish. es to be regarded as liberal, or conservative. The only certainty is that it wants to regain control of the Federal Government, WHO KNOWS? { 11. Has President Roosevelt re- | 1 100.000 loyes under cently enlarged the civil service? | tations. yp fis regu 12. How many states has balanc-! 12. 4. ed budgets in the Just fiscal year? 13. What Is the Importance of [my H K Prench In- the island of Hainan to the French | gochion | n8 and In and British? 14. How many hidiers were killed | during the World War? | 15 How long did Bertrand Snell serve as Minority Leader In the House? 16. Was the Declaration of Inde- pendence signed on July 4th? 17. 1s there any law that prohib- its a president from serving more than two terms? 18. Has the United States reor- ganized Japanese territorial gains in Chins. 18. Did Congress trol law for 19377 20, How long ls it from new moon 10 new moon? The Answers pass a crop con- 'y THE Orrick CAT “A Little Nonsense Now and Then, Is Relished by the Wisest Men” SUMMER When Summer is here I like to roam The fleld and make the woods my home I Uke to jump and run about And gambol in the water sprout, I'd sing my Joy with gurgles and glugs If it weren't for those gosh darn bugs, Gnats, mosquitoes, junebugs, flies, Bees, ants, caterpillars, centipedes, Spiders, dragonflies, water bugs, Who squirm, twist, crawl, slither, climb, Bite, buzz, sting, wriggle, slide, zig-zag Up and down my legs, arms, spine, ete And itch like hell Bridging the Years One of the best errors we ever saw occured some time ago in a Nashville evening paper. The reporter was describing the collapse of the famous honeymoon bridge over Niagara Falls, It fell, if you remember, | under the weight of an lee coat, into the torrent below-—and he wrote glowingly of the many couples who had stood on the bridge in years past, The effect was spoiled, however, by a typesetter who was either thinking of something else at the time or was a gloriously Ureverent soul. We like to think of him in the latter category, for the head over the story sald: "HONEYMOON BRIDE COLLAPSES AFTER FIFTY YEARS" HONK! HONK! HERE WE COME A balky mule has four-wheeled brakes A billy goat has bumpers; A lightning bug has bright tatl-light, And rabbits are puddie-jutnpers Camels are equipped with balloon-tired feet, And carry spares of what they eat; But still we think there's nothing that beats The kangaroo with a rumble seat On Board the Ark Oid Captain Noah was gathering the animals into the srk. He stop- ped the skunks and ssked them Uf they could swim No, sir,” they replied. “We never learned how.” “Then remember.” cautioned Captain Noah, “your safe passage de- pends upon your good behavior.” Stop, Look and Don’t Do It Teacher— "Now can any boy give me a sentence using the word “diadem?” Little Clarence "People who drive carelessly across railroad tracks disdem sight quicker than those who stop, look ang listen ™ Charlie McCarthy Told Us This One They say the Hollywood girls are afraic to go out with Edgar Ber- gen the Ventriloguist. They think he'll take them on his knee and say what he wants them to say We once knew a salesman who was so good that he sold Mae West 8 bust developer There Was a Reason “Oh, what a strange-looking cow,” exclaimed a young lady tourist, as she stopped along the road in front of a well known Centre county ! farm house. “But why hasn't the any horns?” asked the lady tourist of 3 the farmer who was standing nearby. “Well, you see” explained the farmer, “some cows is born without inbrns and never had any. and others shed their horns, and some we dehorn, and some breeds ain't supposed to have horns at all. There's a fot of reasons why some cows aint got horns, but the reason why that | cow ain't got horns is because ghe ain't a cow-—ghe's a horse.” In the oid days girls used 0 be naughty but nice. but now they have to be nice and naughty Must Be a Perfect Lady Back in 1795, gals who answered matrimonial ads were greeted with examples like this Here is apn advertisement taken from an old copy of the Concord, N. H., Mirror. “WANTED-—-Immediately, a woman who would be pleased with a husband. She must be sound of wind and lmb, of a moderate fortune, tolerably handsome, and not subject to drunkenness. She must not scold but once a month must comb her hair at least once a week and, above all, she must neither chew tobacco or take snuff, as it always gives me the heartburn to have my diet peppered. A woman of this description may find a place by applying to J. R. of H—, who possesses every re- quisite to qualify him for a husband.” “No” she means Of course if she says Perhaps you've noticed that when a lady says maybe.” If she says “perhaps” she means “yes.” yes,” she's no lady. Like a Road Map Sambo—"What's the matter with you, Rastus? You look as mad {3s a wet hen” Rastus—"Why shouldnt I be? The doctuh what operated on me foh appendicitis went and sewed me up wif white thread” And Still Hungry Teacher—"What is a cannibal, Tommy?" Tommy—"1 don't know.” Teacher—"Well, if you ste your mother and father, what would you be?” Tommy-—"An orphan.” The Last Straw | A business man was walking down the street when he chanced | to bump into & friend whom he had not seen for years. “How's your brother?” the first man asked. “Oh,” was the reply, “he got married to a widow, bought a sec- | ond-hand car and moved out west" ! i : | 13. It involves control of cotn- | «| laneous the head man in Italy.” “What,” exclaimed the first man, “a USED CAR, too?” Those Were Her Rates , A colored woman applied to a lady for a job. “What do you charge a day?” asked the mistress, “Well, mum.” was the reply, “a dollar and a quarter if I eat my- | golf, and a dollar if you eats me.” She Knew the Bumps \ A ttle girl was crossing the Atlantic with her mother. It was her | first ocean trip. The sea was smooth as the proverbial millpond for 1. Yes, by placing an addition- | ihe first three days. Then the ship understand began rolilng and pitching heave ily. The child could not what had happened. “Mamma,” she sald, “what's the matter, did we strike s detour?” Never Can Tell “Doctor, my gif! has varicose veins, What do ‘you advise?” “Rubber stockings.” “But, Doctor. How do I know shel] let me?” What, the Deuce? “Now, Jimmy, we're going to take up words—I want you io use the word ‘miscellaneous’ correctly in a sentence.” “Pranklin D. Roosevelt is the head man in this country and miscel- —— July 28, 1938, - wy | Query and Answer Column - PROBLEM—Can you select a single figure between 1 and 10, which, when multiplied by any other single figure, will equal the sum total of | the figure selected when the result is added together? (Answer elsewhere {in this column.) J. D~Can you answer if cattle are native to America? If not, when | were they Introduced into this country? Ans~It is believed that cattle are native to Egypt, ss Egyptian monuments constructed more than 2000 years before the Christian era show crude carvings of cattle, They were first introduced into America by the Spaniards In A. D. 1525, about six years after the discovery of | Mexico by Cortez, E. Y~Are the Roman Catholic priests the only religious people that practice celibacy? Ans No. The Oreek church, the Egyptians and the Buddhists ob- | serve this custom. Besides these, there are several minor religious or- | ders that are pledged to celibacy. L. F~When did the last signer of the Declaration of Independence die? And what was his nume? Ans Charles Carroll of Maryland who died in Baltimore, Md. on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 1832, at the age of 85 years, was the last surviving | signer of the Declaration of Independence. H. CIs the game of chess an American game? Ans No, The game originated in India, whence it was brought by way of Persia and Arabia to Europe. The game was made popular in America by Benjamin Pranklin, who was an expert player, and wrote in its favor, A. D~Why is a certain kind of locust called the “seventeen-year” locust? Ans When the larvae of the seventeen-year locust falls to the ground it burrows deep Into the surface and re-appears again in seven- teen years. W. K.-What {5 “communism” which we hear so much over the radio, In the newspapers, elc? Ans —Briefly Communism is the theory of government and social order sccording to which sll property is held as & common trust and the profits derived from all labors are devoled for the general good | This theory involves the abolition of all private property and transferred to the State, which assumes full responsibility of providing work for ev- ery individual able and willing to work and dividing the profits with them G. F~Are the Creoles of Negro blood? Ans No. Creole Is the name given to the descendants of French and Spaniards born In tropical America and the West Indies. It has been widened to include the descendants of all Europeans born in the West Indies and the tropics T. W.-Who originated the Curfew bell? And at what hour was the bell rung? Ans. William the Conguerer introduced the Curfew bell in the evening It was the signal for all Ughts and fires ed, lest severe penalties were inflicted H. J~Does a train go shead of the President's special train to in- sure safety? lk against At B G'clock Ww be extinguish- Ans.~The President's train is preceded by & pliot train and followed by a dummy train to insure his safety. In addition to these precautions, every foot of track over which he is 0 travel is carefully inspected. IL. A. C.—What Willard boxing champion? Ans Jess Willard is in business in Hollywood a large establishment in which candy bakery products E. G. H—1s Charlie McCarthy made by hand or machine? Ans Charlie was skillfully cut from a solid block of basswood and carved by hand by Frank Marshall of Chicago. Mr. Marshali hag de- voted his life to the manufacture of ventriloguists’ dummies and all of his figures are made by hand has become of Jess former heavyweight Calif, where he has he sells drugs, delicatessen, and T. D.—-How many policemen are there in this country? ns ~There are 132000 policemen in the United States R. P. C.—What is the perfect number? Ans A perfect number is a number equal to the sum of its aliguot parts as {or instance, 6, which is composed of 1, 2 and 3 0. 0. G~Why is snow white? Ans This results from the {act that the show crystals are so minute that pach cell of the retina of the eye receives a general impression produced by the combination of diferent wave lengths reflected from innumerable minute facets. J. F. McC.—~How large are the biggest ioebergs? Ans ~The size of icebergs varies. They may be 8 hundred or more feet high with crests of “minarets” from 200 to 300 feet above the base, which may be hundreds of yards in length. In the Kennedy Channel Greely followed an loeberg which was estimated to be fifteen miles Jong, over 100 feet thick, and of unsighted breadth. A huge iceberg sighted by the bark Emil Julius in 1884 towered about 1700 {eet above the sea Only about one-eighth or one-ninth of the mass lies above the Water E. B—Is the name of the cashew nut accented on the first or the second syllable? Ans ~The acoent is on the second syliable. J. B. M~—How many Chinese are destitute? Ans~The United Council for Civillan Relief in China, headed by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, estimates that more than 50,000,000 Chinese civillan refugees are in acute destitution. L. C~Who wrote Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Grounds? Ans —“Tenting Tonight” was written by Walter Kittredge, He was born at Memrimack, New Hampshire October 8, 1832. In 1862 he was | drafted for service with the Federal troops, and while preparing to go to the front, in a few moments he wrote the words and music of “Tent- ing Tonight.” C. E. B—Did President Harding ever go on 8 camping trip with Edison, Firestone, and Ford? ! Ans. In the summer of 1921 President and Mrs Harding, Mr. and i Mrs. Edison, Mr. and Mrs. Firestone, Mr. and Mrs Ford, and John Bwroughs had a camping party In the Maryland hills near Hagers- | town. G. M. N.—Do the people In France eat hot dogs? Ans~They are very popular in France where they are called sau- | clases de Prancfort, i A. J. H-Next to the United States, which country has the most { telephones? Ans~Germany is second with 3,400,000. H. H~—~What part of the money received by Joe Louls goes for ex- penises? | Ans~—Joe Louis received 50 per cent. of the gross amount of his | purse, or $160,000. His managers took the other $160,000 and from that | amount they paid the sparring partners, trainers, camp expenses, and all | other incidentals. They kept the balance. The expenses generally amount {to 16 2-3 per cent. and It left 33 1-3 per cent, which is the customary percentage allowed fight managers, | W. F. G.—What is the fastest railroad in the United States? | Ans Gilbert H. Burck of the Railroad Magazine In an article in | Scribner's says that the Pennsylvania is the fastest railroad with about | 12,000 miles, averaging a mile a minute or more from start to stop. Answer to Problem: The figure § does the trick. 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